Anita Finkelman. Invited speaker, 2012 Summer Institutes on Evidence-Base Quality Improvement, San Antonio, July 18 sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, School of Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice Center and the Improvement Science Research Network. Two-hour pre-conference workshop.

Anita Finkelman. Guest Lecturer, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Accelerated Nursing Program, Health Policy and Changes in Healthcare, June, 2012. Two hours.

Anita Finkelman. International Nursing Conference “Nursing: Caring to Know, Knowing to Care”; your abstractImplementing National Health Care Quality Policy in Nursing Education has been accepted as a PosterPresentation at the conference being held June 4-7, 2012 in Jerusalem.

Anita Finkelman. Invited speaker, University of Texas San Antonio School of Nursing, January 6, 2012. A Perfect Storm or a Perfect Opportunity: Where Will We Go With Nursing Education?

Anita Finkelman. Workshop: A Perfect Storm or Perfect Opportunity: Where Will We Go With Healthcare Professions Education? An Interprofessional workshop, Arkansas State University, College of Nursing and Allied Health, Jonosboro, Arkansas, August 15, 2011.

Anita Finkelman. Speaker for University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing Alumni Day. May 15, 2010. Topic: The Perfect Storm or Opportunity: The Institute of Medicine Reports on Quality and Health Professions Education

Anita Finkelman. Speaker for Southern Ohio League for Nursing Chapter, April 28, 2010. Topic: Teaching IOM: Implications of the Institute of Medicine Reports for Nursing Education.

Anita Finkelman. Presentation (one hour) Title: Teaching IOM: Implications of the Institute of Medicine Reports for Nursing Education. One hour presentation April 16, 2010. University of Oklahoma College of Nursing sponsored by Pearson Education.

International Work:

Guest faculty, Ben Gurion University College of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel, June, 2012. Collaborations with Ben Gurion University College of Health Sciences related to study abroad, coops, and research, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Past work with Hebrew University Hadassah School of Nursing, Jerusalem, Israel.

Grant award Veteran’s Administration Nursing Academy; Entitled “Transition to Professional Practice”; Increase enrollment in BSN Program by 20 students per year for 3 yrs; fund faculty both college-based and VA-based; expand summer Externship Program for students between junior and senior year, and to develop a Nurse Residency Program, University of Oklahoma, College of Nursing. Grant funded July 1, 2008, (4 year grant) for $2,570,000. Turned over this grant to another Program Director when left my position at University of Oklahoma, May, 2009.